Donate Two Books

Hello, it's altruistic project time in my house.

I am P. G. Shriver, author of the young adult, fantasy series The Gifted Ones, and I am a bit altruistic. My husband would say too much so, especially when it comes to children. Each year, I try to sponsor a special project with my books for children and young adults. Two years ago, I had a sign up contest for teachers and sent the winner free copies of my books, then I visited the six classrooms for that grade--at my expense. Last year, I did writing presentations for schools--at my expense.

Allow me to explain the inspiration behind this year's project choice. Having grown up in a poor family, I had to rely on student loans to pay my way through college, and most adults know how long those take to pay off. I've had a graduate degree since 2005, and I just paid off my 20 year old loans last year! So with this old debt relieved and foremost in mind, I devised a plan. This year's project began to form and grew huge--bigger than huge... ginormous!

My goal this year is to relieve three college bound students from the potential pits of debt by providing them a full scholarship. I can visualize their faces now with the reaction I might have had if someone had done the same for me as a teenager. Few images are more precious to me than the face of a truly happy, excited child--that's why Christmas is so special in our household. My plan grew into a contest, a literary contest that involves a scavenger hunt and final creative project based on sections of books. I'm sure being an educator for the past 18 years helped me come up with this plan, but I didn't want the challenges to be mundane and simple. I wanted the challenges to challenge and to bring the love of reading back to students who have been so stifled by standardized reading tests, and I believe each challenge will do just that.

Now, my contest is ready for sign up beginning August 1, 2014. The contest is free for students to enter and win. The goal for them is to earn points by being among the first to complete each monthly challenge. In order for the Young Scholars' Contestto be a success, though, the students need to have the books The Gifted Ones: The Fairytale and The Gifted Ones: The Dream to complete the challenges. That's where caring people like you come in. I need your help making the books readily available for students to read. If you're a giving person, even if you're not a reader, you can help students obtain the books by:

When you donate the books, provide the contest flyer and educator letter with the books, or download them, save them and email them when you send the digital copies.

As a gift to you for your generous donation toward this year's project, I would love to you give you two free PDF books--one picture book and one novel. To receive them, forward a copy of your Amazon receipt email (please black out any personal information) to pgshriver.geanpenny.com and I'll be happy to send you a reply with the download links.

It's that simple! You provide the two books for the contest, receive two free books as a gift, and I donate the money for their college educations!

Thanks in advance for your part in making this contest a success!

P. G. Shriver